College of the Holy Cross

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for College of the Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 3,106 students of which 3,310 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. College of the Holy Cross is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 17.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,353 and an ACT midpoint of 30. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $38,782, with published in-state tuition of $64,500 and a Pell grant recipient share of 14.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 88.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 94.8%. Graduates earn a median of $90,543 ten years after enrolling, compared with $69,984 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 75700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 85.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.